The Bornholmer Strasse crossing in Berlin was the first to open ... Today, there is a section of Wall slabs with photos and a series of plaques – including an alert sent by the Associated ...

Photos held in a German archive reveal how barriers were tested to prevent East German citizens attempting to flee to freedom ...

The crossing was the only point through which foreigners were permitted to pass. 7 East German soldiers patrolling along the wall near Berlin's train station in September 1987. The buffer between ...

Located at the junction of Friedrichstraße with Zimmerstraße and Mauerstraßeand, Checkpoint Charlie was one of the crossing ... plaques, and the like. Near the Berlin Wall Memorial The ...

which takes in the Berlin Wall Memorial, the former border crossing Checkpoint Charlie, and the Brandenburg Gate, where themed exhibitions make the events of 1989-90 tangible through photos ...

BERLIN (AP) — Most of communist East Germany's heavily fortified border was torn down quickly after it was opened in 1989, but there are still places where visitors can see the remains of the ...